Research Article

Chemical and Biological Investigation of Organic Wastes of Frying Oils and Beef Fats: Valorization for Biodiesel Production

Table 3

Quantitative composition of the FAMEs of biodiesel formed by whole-cell transesterification process.

Peak numberRet time (min)% AreaComposition

Waste of beef fats
46.3914.70Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester
67.356.17Hexadecanoic acid, ethyl ester
88.244.28Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester
99.116.129,12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)-methyl ester
109.2232.849-Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester (E)
119.312.839-Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester (E)
129.669.55Methyl stearate
1410.4713.88Ethyl oleate
1510.963.70Octadecanoic acid, ethyl ester

Waste of frying oil
14.102.26Methyl tetradecanoate
36.112.53Methyl hexadec-9-enoate
46.3620.66Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester
77.893.46Heptadecanoic acid, methyl ester
99.124.539,12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)-methyl ester
109.2335.739-Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester
119.364.8410-Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester
129.6716.38Octadecanoic acid, methyl ester

total of 16 compounds; only the compounds for which the area > 2% are presented.